How To Get Baby Discus?

Hello.
I have recently discovered that 2 of my discus have paired off and they layed eggs on Saturday. All of the eggs have been eaten now but now O know that they will breed. Will it be ok to separate the eggs from the parents and then put the fry in when they are free swimming? Or will I have to set up a breeding tank. I can always divide my 75 but I don’t think that can happen due to my driftwood. Can I just release the babies into the tank? Will my tetras or other discus eat them? I have a 33 gallon that is currently a growout for 2 clown loaches, a pleco, and a permanent resident of 1 glass cat(school died off) Can I use the 33 as a breeder and just transport the 33 inhabitants into a 20?

 

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Simply setup a breeding tank. Parents are the BIGGEST part of breeding discus, they do everything.

 

You cannot add fry back into the tank after separating them as eggs as everything will thank you for the banquet you have provided them, including their parents.
I would set up a breeding tank to insure you get babies, you can move the parents out once they are free swimming to raise yourself, once they get bigger you would need more tanks to house them for growing out.

 

Also do any of y’all know what the babies might look like? My avatar is the parents.

 

Are the parents the same? If not, you might get a hybrid of the two colors, or the dominant color (I think red in this case).

 

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She's breeding Angelfish which is pretty much the same as discus except for stricter hardness and water quality in general...

 

Will it be ok to separate the eggs from the parents and then put the fry in when they are free swimming?

I'm pretty sure that discus fry need to be kept with their parents because they feed off of their slime coat. They aren't likely to survive if separated from the parents. I'd let the parents have more practice. Usually cichlid fish aren't the best parents the first time around but they often get better.

Or will I have to set up a breeding tank.

A breeding tank will make things easier. The parents won't be so stressed by other fish and there won't be other fish to sneak in and eat the eggs.